Legend:
Bob the Drag Queen won RuPaul's Drag Race season 8.
Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls were the runners-up.
Cynthia Lee Fontaine was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by the viewers.
WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1] | 2[2] | 3[3] | 4[4] | 5[5] | 6[6] | 7[7] | 8[8] | 9[9] | 10[10] | |
| Bob the Drag Queen | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | BTM | SAFE | Winner |
| Kim Chi | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Runner-up |
| Naomi Smalls | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up |
| Chi Chi DeVayne | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest |
| Derrick Barry | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | ELIM | Guest | |
| Thorgy Thor | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Robbie Turner | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
| Acid Betty | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||
| Naysha Lopez | ELIM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Cynthia Lee Fontaine | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | ||||||
| Dax ExclamationPoint | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
| Laila McQueen | BTM | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
- ^ "Keeping It 100!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 1. March 7, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "Bitch Perfect". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 2. March 14, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "RuCo's Empire". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 3. March 21, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "New Wave Queens". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 4. March 28, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "Supermodel Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 5. April 4, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "Wizards of Drag". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 6. April 11, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "Shady Politics". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 7. April 18, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "RuPaul Book Ball". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 8. April 25, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "The Realness". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 9. May 2, 2016. Logo TV.
- ^ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 8. Episode 10. May 16, 2016. Logo TV.